scheel

• IPA^(key): /sxeːl/
• Rhymes: -eːl

From Middle Dutch scelu, scele, from Old Dutch *skelo, from Proto-West Germanic *skelh, from Proto-Germanic *skelhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to lean, bend; joint”).

Cognates include German scheel, Old English sceolh, Old Norse skjalgr, Latin scelus (“crime”) and Ancient Greek σκολιός (skoliós), σκαληνός (skalēnós).

scheel (comparative scheler, superlative scheelst)

1. cross-eyed, squinting
2. crooked, bent, not straight
3. (figurative sense) with an envious or jealous look
4. (of a pain or painful issue) severe
5. (uncommon) sour, tart

• (crooked): krom, scheef, schuin
• (sour): wrang

• Negerhollands: skeel
• → Papiamentu: skel, skeel

scheel

1. inflection of schelen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

From Middle Dutch schelen. Cognates include Old English scilian (“secrete”), Old Norse skila (“decide”).

scheel

1. inflection of schelen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

scheel m (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)

1. (obsolete) a difference
2. (obsolete) a dispute, difference of opinion, conflict

• verschil
• geschil, conflict, dispuut

Contracted form of schedel.

scheel m (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)

1. a skull; a death's-head
2. a mound's crest or crown

scheel n (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)

1. a lid, cover
2. an eyelid, cover
3. a measure of volume, a quarter of a 'mud', equivalent to a 'schepel'

From Middle Dutch schedel (“parting”), from scheiden (“to part, divide, split”).

scheel m (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)

1. (obsolete) a parting of the hair
2. (obsolete) a hairstyle of the hair
3. (obsolete) a plait of hair

• (parting): scheiding
• (hairstyle): kapsel
• (hair plait): vlecht, tres

scheel

1. inflection of schelen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Alternative form of scheil. See scheiden (“to separate”).

scheel n (plural schelen, diminutive scheeltje n)

1. a mesentery, membrane which keeps an intestine in place

• schele

From Middle Low German schēle and northern Middle High German schel, from Old High German skelah, from Proto-West Germanic *skelh, from Proto-Germanic *skelhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to lean, bend; joint”). The predominant High German form was Middle High German schelch, -hes, Old High German skelah, whence obsolete German schelch.

• IPA^(key): /ʃeːl/

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scheel (strong nominative masculine singular scheeler, comparative scheeler, superlative am scheelsten)

1. cross-eyed

   Synonyms: schielend, schieläugig

2. squinting
3. (commonest sense) with a crooked look; looking disdainfully or aggressively from the side

   ein scheeler Blick ― a dirty look

• “scheel” in Duden online
• “scheel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From Middle Low German schēle, from Old Saxon *skelh, from Proto-West Germanic *skelh.

scheel

1. squint-eyed
2. bridle-shy